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thucythucy

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4. I get infuriated by the "why didn't you go to the police immediately?"

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 09:44 AM

Sep 2018

Well, I did, right after I was raped.

It didn't matter. The police treated me like shit.

This was forty-four years ago, so I hope things have changed. But to use this line on Dr. Ford, given the realities then (and now?) is just plain clueless and obscene.

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How modest is modest enough? How far are they planning to take this? [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2018 OP

Or the line that makes me sick gay texan Sep 2018 #1

Those of us who are older remember the very same bullshit from 50 years ago. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #2

I think single women need to give single men a taste Ilsa Sep 2018 #3

...and 2naSalit Sep 2018 #5

I get infuriated by the "why didn't you go to the police immediately?" thucythucy Sep 2018 #4

Me too... backtoblue Sep 2018 #6

I'm so sorry to hear that. thucythucy Sep 2018 #7

Thank you backtoblue Sep 2018 #9

It's not the new normal. It's the old normal. We're in the middle of a serious culture war and Nitram Sep 2018 #8